Weekend News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on April 1, 2023
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced heightened monitoring in response to the recent increase in “swatting” calls, or the false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, hostage situation, or homicide, across the state and country. Friday morning Governor Hochul met with state public safety and education leaders to coordinate preparedness and safety measures to ensure all children remain safe in schools and that all school districts and local police have the latest guidance on school safety protocols. In similar news Assemblyman Steve Hawley joined with fellow legislators to promote hardening schools with the hiring and training of retired law enforcement officers and placing them in schools and increasing school resource officer’s pay from 30000 to 50000 to be reimbursable by the state.
The Batavia Police department is looking for the public’s help in identifying 2 people who they believe used stolen credit cards to steal from the Target on Veterans Memorial Parkway on Friday the 24th. Police say that the two individuals pictured in security photos stole the credit cards at United Memorial Medical Center and then headed to Target. To see the pictures go to WBTAi.com. If anyone has information leading to the identification of these individuals, please contact Officer Andrew Mruczek at (585) 345-6350.
First Baptist Church in Batavia is holding an Easter Cantata on Good Friday at 7pm. They are hosting the cantata, Song of the Shadow, by Joseph Martins featuring singers and musicians from the community. Come out to East Main Street for a time of blessed fellowship and praise.
The Taste of Buffalo has been ranked as the number 1 Best City Food Festival by USA Today. Behind them are the Queens Night Market, Taste of Vail and Taste of Colorado. This year’s festival, which celebrates Taste of Buffalo’s 40th birthday, will take place on July 8 and July 9.
Buffalo beat New York at the Keybank Center with a 3-2 victory in overtime Friday night. Jeff Skinner, JJ Peterka and Jordan Greenway all scored for the Sabres with Skinner getting the game winning goal. The Rangers got 33 shots on goal and 31 were blocked by Rookie Goalie Devon Levi. Rochester only shot 12 but 3 found the back of the net.
